Sermon Cloud

1. Know Jesus Christ: and guard against satanic-deception.

● Christ is the wisdom of God: 1Cor 1:24; 2:1ff; Col 2. 

● Jesus in Revelation: Rev 1:1 – Revelation is about/from Jesus; Rev 1:9ff – Jesus is the Exalted Christ; Rev 2 & 3 – the Lord of the Church; Rev 5 – the Lamb who was slain/worthy open scroll; Rev 6 – opens the scroll; Rev 7 – Lamb who is worshipped by the great multitude; Rev 12 – male child who defeats Satan; Rev 14 – Lamb who is standing victorious; Rev 17 – Lamb who conquers the beast; Rev 19 – Divine Warrior; Rev 20 – He reigns for 1000yrs; Rev 21 & 22 – Lamb who is the Temple and the light.

2. Follow Jesus Christ: and persevere through tribulation.

● The Tribulation: Acts 2 – the Last Days are now; Rev 1:9 the Tribulation is now; Mth 24 & Mk 13 – the entire church age is a tribulation, like birth pains which will climax at the end. 

● Following Jesus as the Lamb: see Heb 11 & 12.

3. Know the Sovereignty of God: and be assured of our salvation.

● God’s sovereignty over evil: Lev 26:14ff. 

● God’s sovereignty and our assurance of salvation: Rev 1 – Exalted Christ reigns over the churches; Rev 7 – the 144k are sealed; Rev 11 – the two martyred witnesses raised back to life; Rev 12 – the woman/people of God are nourished by God in the wilderness; Rev 14 – the 144k are standing victorious with the Lamb after the tribulation; Rev 20 – the resurrected believers are reigning with Christ for 1000yrs; Rev 21 & 22 – all God’s people are in fellowship with Him.

4. Worship God: and stand against idolatrous-compromise (see Rom 12:1-2; and the 7 churches of Rev 2 & 3).

5. Trust in God for our daily needs: and bear witness to the gospel (the Wilderness theme: see Rev 12 and the Exodus).